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Pharmacist’s licence suspended for breaching patient confidentiality

The Pharmacy and Poisons Board (PPB) has suspended for six months the license of a doctor at Malibu Pharmacy after a serious breach of patient confidentiality.

A report by PPB indicates that Nancy Kaguri Wangu, a superintendent of the pharmacy, authorised the delivery of medication with an external label displaying a patient’s full name, phone number, house name, and diagnosis.

“PPB has ordered the cancellation of Nancy Wangu Kaguri’s license after a complaint involving Malibu Pharmacy indicates she authorised the delivery medication by a rider with an external label bearing a complainant’s full name, phone number, house name, and diagnosis. The package contained an insurance form with wrong diagnosis and improperly coded, exposing the patient’s sensitive information,” PPB Enquiry and Disciplinary Committee Chair Richard Muthoka stated.

In a second case, pharmaceutical technologist Lovi Lovince Manono faced disciplinary action for engaging in fraudulent activities.

Manono had used his credentials to set up a pharmacy in collaboration with a non-professional, later transferring control to the unqualified individual.

The committee deemed this a grave professional misconduct and revoked his license, imposing a five-year suspension from practice.

His pharmaceutical representative licence was revoked, and he received a five-year suspension from practice.

In a third case, Charles Mukabi Waweru was found culpable of negligence after he failed to properly close a pharmacy in Matasia, Kajiado County, leaving it operational without a registered pharmacist or pharmaceutical technologist.

The committee determined this posed a public health risk and suspended his licence for three months.

Similarly, Emmanuel Odhiambo Gwassi faced severe penalties for operating an unregistered pharmacy and failing to ensure the presence of a licensed professional.

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Further, the committee issued an admonishment letter to Caroline Wachera, a pharmaceutical technologist, who was accused of failing to properly close a pharmacy by not notifying the Board.

EDC found that Wachera relinquished her business partnership and made efforts to comply with regulations, resulting in the committee pardoning her.

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